On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 09:42:59PM +0530, Manish Kathuria wrote:
> Hello,
>> Is there any command / option available on CentOS to expire a user's
> password immediately ? I remember using "passwd -e" on some other
> distribution but the -e option does not seem to be present on CentOS
> 5.x.
passwd -l (that's a lower case L) as in lock will immediately leave the
account available.
If you want to make them change their password right now
chage -d 0 username
Which gives a message
Password:
You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced)
Changing password for test2
(current) UNIX password:
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